Hello, I'm Jan Ozer, thanks for stopping by. If I was choosing a streaming consultant, I'd care about three things; knowledge, experience and cost. So let's talk about those.

What I Know

In terms of knowledge, I've been working with video compression since 1991, following the technology from CD-ROM, to DVD, to the web and Blu-ray. I've worked extensively with H.264 and WebM, as well as VP6 and WMV and MPEG-2, using pretty much every encoding tool on the planet. Because I review products for outlets like Streaming Media Magazine, I get access to a lot of products and help figuring out how to use those products.

To get a feel for topics that I'm familiar with, search for something important to you in the Quick Search box on the upper right, or click a catogory on the left. I've written every word on this site.

My Consulting Experience

In terms of experience, I've consulted for the last 15 years with companies as large as three-letter networks and as small as mom and pop web sites. I typically help clients formulate single file or adaptive strategies for serving videos to computers and mobile devices and then either create encoding presets for them or test and optimize presets that they've created. I also help them create workflows for converting and compressing their content as efficiently as possible.

If you click over to the testimonials page, you'll find that my clients typically finish their engagement feeling that they've formulated the optimum strategy for targeting potential viewers, and are producing the best possible video quality with the most efficient workflow. If that sounds good to you, then we should chat.

Costs

In terms of cost, I charge $150/hour, with an average engagement of 2-3 hours. I encourage my clients do the expensive grunt work so that I can focus on the high-value issues. If we work together, I'll give you an estimate of how many hours it will take to get the job done up front, with periodic updates as to accumulated time. You can find consultants that charge less per hour, but my cost per job is very competitive.

Getting Started

Before getting started, I invite you to read three documents; Be Your Own Compression Consultant, The Essential Key to Producing High Quality Streaming Video and The Easiest Way to Improve Streaming Quality. If you're feeling particularly studious, check out Comparing Bit Rates Using the Bits-per-Pixel computation. This up front work will help you address the easy problems, and will make sure that we're talking the same language.

To get in touch, you can call me at 276-238-9135, email me at jozer@mindspring.com, or complete and submit the form below. The form is kind of formal, but it captures the information we'd talk about during the first few minutes of our call, so it won't be a waste of time.

However you choose to get in touch, I look forward to hearing from you.